Organizational Commitment and Burnout During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Comparative Analysis in the United States and New Zealand

Figures & data

Table 1. Participant demographics by nation.

Variable	n	M	SD
New Zealand
Sex
Male	212 (44.7%)
Female	262 (55.3%)
Working Status
Full-Time	341 (71.9%)
Part-Time	133 (28.1%)
Industry
Primary	7 (1.5%)
Secondary	70 (14.8%)
Tertiary	361 (76.2%)
Quaternary	34 (7.2%)
Quinary	2 (.4%)
Race
White/Pakeha	311 (65.6%)
Māori	82 (17.3%)
Pacific Islander	36 (7.6%)
Asian	30 (6.3%)
Indian/Pakistani	15 (3.2%)
Political Affiliation
National	196 (41.4%)
Labour	188 (39.7%)
Green	41 (8.6%)
Māori	27 (5.7%)
Other Party	22 (4.6%)
Age		43.21	14.38
Years with Current Employer		7.04	7.35
Organizational Size (# of Employees)		535.96	1072.80
Work went into Lockdown
Yes	363 (76.6%)
No	111 (23.4%)
United States
Sex
Male	185 (49.3%)
Female	190 (50.7%)
Working Status
Full-Time	271 (72.3%)
Part-Time	104 (27.7%)
^5Industry
Primary	2 (.5%)
Secondary	43 (11.5%)
Tertiary	296 (78.9%)
Quaternary	21 (5.6%)
Quinary	12 (3.2%)
Race
White	277 (73.9%)
African-American	43 (11.5%)
Mixed	31 (8.3%)
Asian-American	13 (3.5%)
Other and Hispanic	11 (2.9%)
Political Affiliation
Democrat	142 (37.9%)
Republican	122 (32.5%)
Independent	111 (29.6%)
Age		45.13	17.06
Years with Current Employer		10.06	10.26
Organizational Size (# of Employees)		1637.64	5517.94
Work went into Lockdown
Yes	254 (67.7%)
No	121 (32.3%)

Table 2. Measurement descriptive statistics.

Variable	Range	M	SD	Skew	Kurtosis	α	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	z
Combined Sample
(1) Organizational Commitment	1–7	4.73	1.17	−.57	.08		-
(2) Emotional Exhaustion	0–6	2.51	1.46	.15	−.74		−.31**	-
(3) Depersonalization	0–6	4.16	1.18	−.65	.39		.66**	−.32**	-
(4) Pers. Accomplishment	0–6	3.99	.97	−.21	−.14		.40**	−.30**	.43**	-
New Zealand
(1) Organizational Commitment	1.11–6.89	4.62	1.14	−.54	−.01	.90	-
(2) Emotional Exhaustion	0–6	2.48	1.36	.15	−.66	.77	−.41**	-
(3) Depersonalization	0–6	4.17	1.12	−.70	.59	.85	.68**	−.41**	-
(4) Pers. Accomplishment	1.5–6	3.92	.90	−.14	−.22	.70	.32**	−.37**	.33**	-
United States
(1) Organizational Commitment	1–7	4.87	1.20	−.65	.24	.89	-
(2) Emotional Exhaustion	0–6	2.55	1.57	.13	−.87	.85	−.22**	-
(3) Depersonalization	0–6	4.14	1.26	−.59	.16	.89	.65**	−.22**	-
(4) Pers. Accomplishment	0–6	3.99	.97	−.21	−.14	.70	.47**	−.25**	.53**	-
Variables			New Zealand			United States			z
Fisher’s z Difference Test
Organizational Commitment and Emotional Exhaustion			.4356			.2237			6.16**
Organizational Commitment and Depersonalization			.8291			.7753			1.56
Organizational Commitment and Pers. Accomplishment			.3316			.5101			5.19**
Emotional Exhaustion and Depersonalization			.4356			.2237			6.16**
Emotional Exhaustion and Pers. Accomplishment			.3884			.2554			3.87**
Depersonalization and Pers. Accomplishment			.3428			.5901			7.19**

**p < .01.

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